Cold War
This part of Europe was affected the most by Communism
What is Eastern Europe?
US President whose policy on Vietnam was at best shaky and hesitant
Who is John F. Kennedy, Jr.?
He was the leader of South Vietnam but was later assassinated by South Vietnam militants
Who is Ngo Dinh Diem
The US General fired by Truman
Who is General MacArthur?
True or False: There is not a perfect communist country in the world today
What is True?
This policy in the 1970s led to some easing of political hostility
What is detente?
He was the USSR President after Gorbachev
Who is Boris Yeltsin?
He was the leader of North Vietnam and the Viet Cong DAILY DOUBLE
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
North Korea had help from these 2 countries during the Korean War
What are the USSR and China?
This US policy, under Truman, believed it was better to stop or ____________________ Communism
What is contain/containment?
The USSR financial response to communist states after the World War 2
What is the COMECON/COMINTERN?
This US President and the Western allies responded to Stalin's blockade of Berlin with Operation Vittles in 1948 DAILY DOUBLE
Who is Harry Truman?
6 college students were killed in 1970 in response to the invasion of Cambodia and Laos
What is the Kent State Massacre/Riots?
This line is the division between North and South Korea DAILY DOUBLE
What is the 38th parallel?
The president of Germany who reunified East and West Germany
Who is Konrad Adenauer?
The four occupation zones of Berlin DAILY DOUBLE
What is the American, the British, the French, and the Soviets?
This US President asked Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall in 1987
Who is Ronald Reagan?
The Americans suffered _______________ (#) fatal casualties
What is 58,220?
This military conflict was the first proxy war of the Cold War and lasted from 1950 to 1953
What is the Korean War?
This policy of a more open and free political culture in the USSR under Gorbachev's tenure
What is perestroika?
This crisis of 1962 revolved around the storage of nuclear missiles 90 miles from the US border
What is the CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS?
This US President increased military mobilization in Vietnam DAILY DOUBLE
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
This US President implemented Vietnamization, a policy of withdrawing US troops and transferring responsibility to the South Vietnamese
Who is Richard Nixon?
TRUE OR FALSE: North Korea is a dictatorship today
What is TRUE?
This philosopher wrote the Communist Manifesto and Das Capital
DAILY DOUBLE
Who is Karl Marx?